About Chiayi City
Chiayi City is a city in Taiwan, Taiwan with a population of 263,188. It is the 9th largest of the 52 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Taiwan, and the 2,178th largest worldwide. It lies 206 km from Taipei.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#7of 48
Elevation
45 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Taipei
Coordinates
23.479, 120.449
Record updated
2025-06-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 52 in TaiwanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.